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English
Etymology
From Middle French porcin, from Old French , from Latin porcinus, from porcus (“pig”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
porcine (comparative more porcine, superlative most porcine)
- Of or pertaining to pigs.
- Synonym: suilline
- Similar to a pig
- Synonym: piglike
- (derogatory) Overweight to the extent of resembling a pig; morbidly obese.
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Translations
of or pertaining to the pig
- Arabic: خِنْزِيرِيّ (ḵinzīriyy)
- Armenian: խոզի (hy) (xozi), խոզային (hy) (xozayin)
- Aromanian: purtsescu
- Belarusian: свіня́чы (svinjáčy), свіны́ (sviný)
- Bulgarian: сви́нски (bg) (svínski)
- Catalan: porquí, porcí
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 豬的／猪的 (zh) (zhū de)
- Czech: prasečí (cs)
- Dutch: varkens-
- Esperanto: porka
- Finnish: sika-, sian-
- French: porcin (fr)
- German: Schweine- (de), Schweins- (de), porzin (de), porcin, schweineähnlich, schweineartig (de), schweinisch
- Hindi: please add this translation if you can
- Italian: porcino (it)
- Japanese: ブタの (ja) (buta no)
- Korean: 돼지의 (ko) (dwaeji-ui)
- Macedonian: свински (svinski)
- Occitan: porcin
- Polish: świński (pl), wieprzowy (pl)
- Portuguese: porcino (pt), suíno (pt)
- Romanian: porcin (ro), porcesc (ro)
- Russian: свино́й (ru) (svinój), свиня́чий (ru) (svinjáčij) (colloquial or regional), сви́нский (ru) (svínskij) (in a negative context)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: свѝњскӣ
- Roman: svìnjskī (sh)
- Slovak: prasací
- Slovene: prašičji, svinjski
- Spanish: porcino (es)
- Thai: หมู (th) (mǔu)
- Ukrainian: свиня́чий (svynjáčyj)
- Vietnamese: heo (vi), lợn (vi)
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morbidly obese
- Arabic: please add this translation if you can
- Armenian: խոզանման (hy) (xozanman), խոզ (hy) (xoz)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 豬一樣的／猪一样的 (zhū yīyàng de), 病態肥胖／病态肥胖 (bìngtài féipàng)
- Czech: please add this translation if you can
- Dutch: moddervet (nl)
- Finnish: liikalihava
- French: bouffi (fr)
- German: fettleibig (de)
- Hindi: please add this translation if you can
- Italian: please add this translation if you can
- Japanese: please add this translation if you can
- Korean: please add this translation if you can
- Portuguese: gordíssimo
- Russian: ожире́вший (ru) (ožirévšij)
- Spanish: obeso (es), gordo (es)
- Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can
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French
Pronunciation
Adjective
porcine
- feminine singular of porcin
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Italian
Adjective
porcine
- feminine plural of porcino
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Latin
Adjective
porcīne
- vocative masculine singular of porcīnus